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CC zone, Caledon: Core Commercial

Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (Subsections 7.2 and 7.3) of the Town of Caledon Zoning By-law 2006-50.

A downtown-style commercial zone for shops, offices, restaurants, hotels and services on small lots with no front setback, where accessory apartments above businesses are also allowed.

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What the CC zone permits

  • Animal Hospital
  • Art Gallery
  • Artist Studio & Gallery
  • Boarding House
  • Business Office
  • Clinic
  • Convenience Store (max 160 m² net floor area, footnote 4)
  • Dry Cleaning or Laundry Outlet
  • Dwelling Unit, Accessory (footnotes 7 and 8: unit size max 15% of commercial net floor area; up to 3 accessory dwelling units per commercial establishment)
  • Financial Institution
  • Fitness Centre
  • Funeral Home
  • Hotel
  • Laundromat
  • Merchandise Service Shop
  • Motel
  • Parking Area, Commercial
  • Parking Area, Municipal
  • Personal Service Shop
  • Place of Assembly
  • Place of Entertainment
  • Private Club
  • Restaurant
  • Retail Store
  • Sales, Service and Repair Shop
  • Training Facility
  • Video Outlet/Rental Store (max 185 m² net floor area, footnote 3)

Standards

RequirementBy-law
Minimum lot area (interior lot)275 m²
Minimum lot width (interior lot)No requirement
Minimum front yardNo requirement
Minimum interior side yard0 mNil from any interior side lot line, except 1.5 m from an interior side lot line abutting a Residential zone
Minimum exterior side yardNo requirement
Minimum rear yard6 m
Maximum building height10.5 mTable 7.2 row label is garbled in the source extraction ('Minimum / Maximum: 10.5m'); this is read as Building Height (maximum) 10.5 m
Maximum lot coverage75 %
Minimum landscaped open spaceNo requirement
Maximum gross floor area465Maximum gross floor area 465 m² applies to a Retail Store only; no GFA maximum stated for other uses

Other provisions in this section

  • Planting strip minimum widths: 1.5 m along an interior side lot line; 3 m along a rear lot line (Table 7.2).
  • Planting strip location (Table 7.2 footnote 1): a planting strip is required along any portion of a rear lot line and any portion of an interior side lot line which abuts a Residential Zone.
  • Driveway setbacks (minimum): 1.5 m from a lot line abutting a Residential Zone; Nil from any other lot line.
  • Parking space setbacks (minimum): 1.5 m from any street line; 4.5 m from any lot line abutting a Residential zone.
  • Convenience store not to exceed 160 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 4).
  • Video outlet/rental store not to exceed 185 m² net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 3).
  • Accessory dwelling unit size not to exceed 15% of commercial net floor area (Table 7.1 footnote 7).
  • CC Zone permits a boarding house as well as 3 accessory dwelling units per commercial establishment (Table 7.1 footnote 8).
  • All uses are also subject to the General Provisions in Section 4 and the Parking, Loading & Delivery Standards in Section 5 (Subsection 7.1).

Source: Section 7 – Commercial Zones, Tables 7.1 and 7.2 (Subsections 7.2 and 7.3), By-law 2006-50 (Town of Caledon), checked 2026-09-12. General provisions elsewhere in the by-law (parking, driveways, accessory buildings) also apply, and a numbered exception on the parcel can change any value here. Treat this as a pre-check, not a sign-off.

Other commercial zones in Caledon: C, CCV, CH, CHB, CHV, CN, CT, CV